Breaking: Lend Lease expected to lodge new plan this week.

We believe that Lend Lease will lodge a planning permit application with Council on Friday 16 September.
In so doing Lend Lease is sidelining the community and Council’s attempts to finalise an Urban Draft Framework (UDF).

They are deliberately walking all over the community and it is clear they do not care. We must rally around to defeat this attempt at railroading us. We expect a proposal for more towers of 12, 9 and 6 storeys and a density virtually the same as the original proposal. So it is still packing them in with well over 1000 and over 470 units.

As soon as we hear more we will email you with the exact details. In the meantime get ready to lodge strong objections. With the plan about to land on Council desks we need to ALL attend the South Ward meeting with Councillors this Wednesday 7pm (details below). Unlike at other meetings we will be able to speak directly with Councillors.

There are several appalling developments on the way in our small pocket of Stonnington. In each case the developers should have been laughed out of the planning office and back to the drawing board. But they weren’t. So instead we ratepayers and residents need to make our reasonable expectations clear.

It’s about time the good people of Stonnington had their views taken into account. We care about more than clearways. So – we’ll see you at the South Ward Councillors Meeting at Malvern Town
Hall, corner of High and Glenferrie at 7pm this Wednesday 14 September.

This development means traffic gridlock, overflowing train stations and tram stops, no more on-street car parking, a blighted skyline and less privacy for current residents. It will also impinge on adjoining public land. It defies the lowrise local residential style.

This development will set a precedent for further development.

This is a rare opportunity for Stonnington to increase open space, develop a school or a stellar medium density residential development. We do not need another Docklands.

Already we know that Toorak Station is within developers' sites. How long before Hawksburn and Armadale are redeveloped?

Stonnington Council - after much campaigning - refused the permit but developer Lend Lease successfully overturned this decision at VCAT. This VCAT decision is in turn being appealed in the Supreme Court in April 2013.

Our opponent is smart, moneyed, experienced and well connected. We won't win this without your help.

Lend Lease has 'consulted' but never compromised. They entirely underestimated our ability to fight their plan.

Reading this is just the beginning - we need you to work with us to fight the towers.